Hello everyone,

In an effort to streamline our content (much clearing of throat), we've moved this blog and all the site content into one location:

http://blog.just-a-band.com

We're hoping y'all will find it easier to access information if everything's in one place (plus, it kinda looks better, we think). We've managed to move the contents of this blog to the new location, so you can find all the archives there.

We've also disabled comments on this blog, so as to discourage the manufacturers of Viagra and other oddities from using our blog as a marketplace. :)

Feedback, as always, would be exhilarating!

Love, peace.
The Band.

The band has been sighted in the press a couple more times this month: a review of Scratch To Reveal in Adam Magazine...




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Finally!





Scratch To Reveal is really, truly at the Nu Metro stores at Westgate and Junction. Now you don't have to hunt us down to get copies. The batch at the store comes in standard CD packaging, so everyone who got the larger cases might have a rarity on their hands. Might.

All of nature's goodness in a handy pack - revitalize your man*.

* = Terms and condition apply.

...we came across another review! This one is even more hyped than the last one!


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...to make music in the comfort of a studio, and quite another to gather people round and make music on stage. We had our first ever gig on August 1st, 2008 at Acapulco for the opening party of the Kwani? Literature Festival. It was great, we learnt a lot of lessons...



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Rehearsals for the August 1st show continue in earnest (here's proof - ye non-believers). In the meantime, bookworms can find the program for the Kwani? Literature Festival here.




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A friend let us know that we are doing things in reverse of how most bands get their stuff out: Just A Band did the videos first, made an album a while after that, and now...you may have guessed it...we go LIVE and all up in your face! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The awesome people at Kwani Trust decided to let us loose at their Literature Festival's Opening Night Party at Electropulco! August 1st, 2008 at Acapulco, Muthithi Road from 8.30pm onwards. Entrance is 200 bob.

The night will be a crazy three-part event: the Kwani Literary Festival Opening Night, which will lead into the band's first ever performance, which will lead into Electropulco, an electronic music event with DJ sets by Jean-Marie & Ugomatic. It'll be mad.

We'll carry a box of CDs, so if you want to get a copy, meet the band, or just find out how the band kicks it live (let alone all the other cool stuff that will be happening that night) then clear your diaries...

Hello everyone!

We recently hit the 200 fan mark on our Facebook Page, which is a big deal for us. 200 is a big number, you know:

There are only 200 people that are responsible for most of the spam in the world, it takes 200 gallons of fresh water to create 1 gallon of fresh milk, and it takes 200 flight hours to get a commercial pilot license. You get the drift.

So, we'll use this occasion to say THANK YOU ALL!

To all 200+ of you, and to everyone who's talked about us, shared our music, bought the album, said hello on the street, called us whenever they hear our songs on radio or see us on TV, criticized us constructively, endured hours of slow Internet to catch the videos on YouTube, acted in the videos for free, brought cake and Alvaro to the house, shared ideas with us and generally unleashed positive vibrations our way.

Thank you all!

Just A Band.

Scratch to Reveal was reviewed in this month's issue of Drum Magazine, the one with Ajuma on the cover. It's quite complimentary.



In the interests of being fair, we'll put up the bad reviews, as well... So let us know if you come across any. (So we can send Dark Ninja Assassins after the writers...)

Hey people,

It's been a while since we blogged last, but just in case y'all forgot about us, we're about to continue with our "Poor Man's Media Blitz"...

Check us out on Capital FM Radio tomorrow night, the 20th, from 7pm!

And then tune in to KTN on Monday night, the 23rd, and visit the Just A Band house with the Artscene crew.

Yeah, we're also surprised by all the attention...

UPDATE: The Artscene interview got pushed back to their next episode (there was a piece on Jimmy's photography, though; one-third of the band is better than none, isn't it?) and then on the 30th, there was a Tourism Board special airing so (hopefully) our interview will go out on the 7th of July.

In other news, we got Wiki-ed! Read about us on Wikipedia.

And, finally, as we hustle on getting the CDs in the outlets, if you have to have your fix now, drop us a line and we'll direct you to a friend who's kindly agreed to let us use her establishment , which is situated in the heart of Nairobi city, to hawk CDs... :)

UPDATED UPDATE: Would you believe that we got pushed back ANOTHER week??? The Standard was launching their new look and KTN was covering the event live.

So... the 14th? We wait with bated breath.